Consensus chemistry and β-turn conformation of the active core of the insect kinin neuropeptide family

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-117

  Roberts, Victoria A ^a   Nachman, Ronald J ^b   Coast, Geoff M ^c   Hariharan, Meena ^a,e   Chung, Jum S ^c   Holman, G Mark ^b   Williams, Howard ^d   Tainer, John A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Vet Toxicol and Entomol Res Lab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cis proline; molecular dynamics; nuclear magnetic resonance; receptor binding; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0030983698     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90254-4     Document Type: Article

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